diff --git a/common/txmgr/inmemory_store.go b/common/txmgr/inmemory_store.go
index 88905f463b0..3272780517d 100644
--- a/common/txmgr/inmemory_store.go
+++ b/common/txmgr/inmemory_store.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (ms *inMemoryStore[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) Close
 // Abandon removes all transactions for a given address
 func (ms *inMemoryStore[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) Abandon(ctx context.Context, chainID CHAIN_ID, addr ADDR) error {
 	if ms.chainID.String() != chainID.String() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("abandon: %w", ErrInvalidChainID)
+		panic("invalid chain ID")
 	}
 
 	// Mark all persisted transactions as abandoned
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ func (ms *inMemoryStore[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) Aband
 	defer ms.addressStatesLock.RUnlock()
 	as, ok := ms.addressStates[addr]
 	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("abandon: %w", ErrAddressNotFound)
+		as = newAddressState[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, R, SEQ, FEE](ms.lggr, chainID, addr, ms.maxUnstarted, nil)
+		ms.addressStates[addr] = as
 	}
 	as.abandon()
 
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_inmemory_store_test.go b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_inmemory_store_test.go
index a8d1c2f4745..c36da4d3929 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_inmemory_store_test.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_inmemory_store_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestInMemoryStore_Abandon(t *testing.T) {
 
 	db := pgtest.NewSqlxDB(t)
 	_, dbcfg, evmcfg := evmtxmgr.MakeTestConfigs(t)
-	persistentStore := cltest.NewTestTxStore(t, db, dbcfg)
+	persistentStore := cltest.NewTestTxStore(t, db)
 	kst := cltest.NewKeyStore(t, db, dbcfg)
 	_, fromAddress := cltest.MustInsertRandomKey(t, kst.Eth())
 
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ func TestInMemoryStore_Abandon(t *testing.T) {
 	](ctx, lggr, chainID, kst.Eth(), persistentStore, evmcfg.Transactions())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	t.Run("saves new in_progress attempt if attempt is new", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Abandon transactions successfully", func(t *testing.T) {
 		nTxs := 3
-		// Insert a transaction into persistent store
 		for i := 0; i < nTxs; i++ {
 			inTx := cltest.NewEthTx(fromAddress)
 			// insert the transaction into the persistent store
-			require.NoError(t, persistentStore.InsertTx(&inTx))
+			require.NoError(t, persistentStore.InsertTx(ctx, &inTx))
 			// insert the transaction into the in-memory store
 			require.NoError(t, inMemoryStore.XXXTestInsertTx(fromAddress, &inTx))
 		}
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func TestInMemoryStore_Abandon(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, expTxs)
 		require.Equal(t, nTxs, len(expTxs))
 
-		// Check that the in-memory store has the new attempt
+		// Check the in-memory store
 		fn := func(tx *evmtxmgr.Tx) bool { return true }
 		actTxs := inMemoryStore.XXXTestFindTxs(nil, fn)
 		require.NotNil(t, actTxs)